Hiring outlook gets a bit gloomier for the next quarter

The hiring outlook for the fourth quarter has softened across Ontario.

The Toronto Globe and Mail reports that Manpower's new survey, scheduled for release later today, will show weaker hiring plans for the period of October through December.

Writes reporter Tavia Grant: "The intentions come as job creation has sputtered over the past four months, held back by a shaky global economy. Canada’s jobless rate, at 7.3 per cent, is unchanged from last year."

Employers in the Niagara Falls area are the most pessimistic in all of Canada, according to the survey.